Jamilah Lemieux quotes
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“Identity is very personal...identity is political. My identity is what is and it is what it's gonna be. And I don't think that any information will change that profoundly...I [already] know that I am a Black woman, and a Black woman who has mixed some heritage, like most African Americans.”
-- Jamilah LemieuxSource : Source: www.ebony.com
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“There`s no joy to be had seeing any black man, any black man taking a perp walk, let alone some of whom meant so much to us for so long.”
-- Jamilah LemieuxSource : Source: www.msnbc.com
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“I think that the language that we use is a ritual, that my [maternal] grandmother was called "Big Mama" is a ritual, that my daughter calls my father "Baba" and my mother "Mama" is a ritual. There are common African-American rituals that are a part of my experience. If I ever get married some day I would like to jump the broom.”
-- Jamilah LemieuxSource : Source: www.ebony.com
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“I think there`s so much of us broken for Americans and particularly African-Americans. I think it`s impossible to separate fully some 50-plus allegations of sexual misconduct or sexual assault from Bill Cosby is as a philanthropist or an actor.”
-- Jamilah LemieuxSource : Source: www.msnbc.com
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“I identify as African American. I identify as Black. Black is something I share with other descendants of Africa, African-American is something I share with other Black descendants of America and both of those identities are of equal importance to me.”
-- Jamilah LemieuxSource : Source: www.ebony.com
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“People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.”
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“A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.”
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“We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.”
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Source : "Artur Davis: This isn't the Democratic Party I used to know". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. August 21, 2012.
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